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The Phantom of the Opera

Year:

1998

Duration:

99 min | Italy:106 min (director's cut)

Genres:

Horror

IMDB rate:

4.2

Director:

Dario Argento

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1998-11-20

Filming Locations: Budapest, Hungary

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Gross: $295,499 (Mexico) (16 June 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Asia Argento

The Phantom of the Opera

Julian Sands

The Phantom

Andrea Di Stefano

Baron Raoul De Chagny

Nadia Rinaldi

Carlotta Altieri

Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

Honorine

István Bubik

Ignace, the rat-catcher

Lucia Guzzardi

Madame Giry

Aldo Massasso

Pourdieu

Zoltan Barabas

Poligny

Gianni Franco

Montluc

David D'Ingeo

Alfred

Kitty Kéri

Paulette

John Pedeferri

Dr. Princard

Leonardo Treviglio

Jerome De Chagny

Massimo Sarchielli

Joseph Buquet

Luis Molteni

Nicolaud

Enzo Cardogna

Marcel

Antonio Pupillo

Gustave

Domenica Coppolino

Carlotta's Mother

Zsolt Anger

Waiter (uncredited)

Szabo Bente Robert

Poet 1 (uncredited)

Sandor Bese

Dwarf (uncredited)

Rodrigo Crespo

Father (uncredited)

Iván Dengyel

Martin (uncredited)

Ferenc Deák B.

Edgar Degas

David Drucker

Kiki (uncredited)

Gábor Harsai

Marc (uncredited)

Tibor Nemes

Mephisto

Zoltán Rajkai

Poet 2 (uncredited)

György Szakaly

Ballet Master (uncredited)

Balázs Tardy

Longuet (uncredited)

Dénes Ujlaky

Papin (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The role of the Phantom was first intended for John Malkovich.

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Rumour has it that Dario Argento's original cut of the film ran almost an hour longer and that the version which was finally released, has been heavily re-cut and changed by the producers to assure the film's appeal to wider audiences.

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Cinematographer Ronnie Taylor has worked in three other adaptations of Gaston Leroux's novel "The Phantom of the Opera". He was cinematographer in Dario Argento's previous Opera (1987) as well as camera operator in Brian DePalma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974). He also did the cinematography for Popcorn (1991), which is considered to have been inspired by the novel.

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Quotes

Christine Daae: I beg you pardon?

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Christine Daae: I HATE you, and I HATE this place!

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The Phantom: Dear, Christine! Life goes on!

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Faq

What are the differences between the R-Rated and Unrated Version?

Two versions of Dario Argento's succeeded and bloody version of "Phantom of the Opera" were released in the US: a shortened R-Rated Version and the Uncut Unrated Version. Besides some violent footage, the R-Rated Version lacks a few sex scenes. Nevertheless the R-Rated Version still contains some hardness. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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